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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does everyone suddenly jump up in excitement?
2. What does Alexandra's mother say when she lashes out at Jordan?
3. How does Jordan wound a man?
4. What is the Duchess' main complaint about Alexandra?
5. What does Jordan do that night at the inn that he originally had not intended to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Alexandra compare Jordan and herself?
2. What does Jordan's family learn about his whereabouts on the third day of waiting for news?
3. How do the attackers react to Alexandra, and what does she do?
4. How does Alexandra reveal her innocence and naivete at the inn the first night that the newly wedded couple stop?
5. What does Mrs. Lawrence think will save her family?
6. What does Alexandra bemoan as she is riding in the carriage?
7. What happens to Jordan when he leaves the Fair Winds to buy cigars and what does Alexandra do??
8. What do Jordan and Alexandra do after their wedding?
9. What happens to Alexandra for three days after Jordan agrees to Mrs. Lawrence's demand?
10. What surprises the Dowager about Alexandra, and what is Jordan's response?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Something Wonderful. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of individual freedom in Something Wonderful. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess individual freedom? Why? Why is individual freedom more difficult to obtain for some characters than other ones?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of tradition in Something Wonder. What is Alexandra's view of tradition? Jordan's?The Dowager Duchess's? Alexandra's family? The English culture at the tim? Why is tradition important to some characters? Is anyone willing to abandon traditional viewpoints? Who? What are the positive and negative sides to holding fast to tradition?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast Alexandra at the beginning of the novel to Alexandra at the end of the novel. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they both sympathetic characters? Which "Alexandra" would you most likely have as a friend? Why? Is each one believable? Why or why not.
2. Compare/contrast Jordan at the beginning of the novel to Jordan at the end of the novel. . How are they alike? How are they different? Are they sympathetic characters? Who would you most likely have as a friend? Why? Is each one believable? Why or why not.
3. Compare/contrast Jordan to Alexandra. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they sympathetic characters? Who would you most likely have as a friend? Why? Is each one believable? Why or why not.
Essay Topic 3
Gossip and rumors are found throughout Something Wonderful. Discuss the following:
1. What is one piece of gossip that you think is started maliciously? Who starts it? Why? Does it end up harming the person it is intended to harm? Why or why not? What effect does the gossip have on the person the gossip is about? What effect does the gossip have on one other character?
2. What is one piece of gossip that you think is started intentionally to help someone? Who starts it? Why? Does it end up helping or harming the person it is intended to help? Explain. What effect does the gossip have on the person the gossip is about? What effect does the gossip have on one other character?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of gossip as it is woven throughout Something Wonderful. Is the gossip always harmful? What are the motivations of those who start and perpetuate the gossip? What are the effects of the gossip?
4. Why do you think people gossip?
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